Compress and packer.



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J; B. GRIFFIN & S. G. ANDERSON. CUMPRESS AND PA'GKER.

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J. B. GRIFFIN & S. C. ANDERSON.

GOMPRESS .AND PACKER.

(Application filed Nov. 18, 1901.

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(No Model.)

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No. 702,20]. Patented lune I0, I902. .1. B. GRIFFIN & s. c. ANDERSON.

CUMPHESS AND PACKEB.

[Application filed Nov. 18, 1901.)

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(No Model.)

WITNESSES By mew! avfideru'an A770HNEYS No. 702,201. P atented June10,1902. J. B. GRIFFIN & s. c. ANDERSON.

COM-PRESS AND PACKER.

(Application filed Nev. 18, 1901.)

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W/TNESSES A TTOHNE YS UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

JOHN B. GRIFFIN AND SAMUEL CORNELIOUS ANDERSON, OF VAN ALSTYNE, TEXAS.

COMPRESHS Ann PACKER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters latent No. 702,201, dated June 10,1902. Application filed November 18, 1901. Serial No. 82,658. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it incl/y concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN B. GRIFFIN and SAMUEL CORNELIOUS ANDERSON,citizensof the United States, and residents of Van Alstyne, in thecounty of Grayson and State of Texas, have invented a new and ImprovedCompress and Packer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for compressing,packing, and baling cotton, hay, straw, and the like; and'the object isto provide a machine of this character operating automatically to formthe bat as the material is received from the gin or condenser andfolding the bat back and forth in even layers in the press, forming acomplete and symmetrical bale.

We will describe a compress and packer embodying our invention and thenpoint out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a compress and packer embodying ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line a: as of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is afront elevation, partly in section; and Figs. 4 and 5 are sectionaldetails showing the position of parts while wrapping or tying the bale.i

The machine comprises a frame having the uprights 1, at the rear ofwhich are the standards 2, on which bearings are formed for crank-wheels3, driven by pinions i, mounted on a shaft 5, on one end of which arefast and loose pulleys 6 7. Arranged within the frame is thehydraulic-press cylinder 8, on the piston-rod of which is asupporting-platform or pressing-head 9.

Movable over the upper portion of the frame 1 are two series of rollers,one series being represented by 10, while the other series isrepresented by 11. ries at the .inner ends are spaced slightly apart topermit the passage of the bat between them, as clearlyindicated in thedrawings. These rollers have theirjournal-bearings in a frame 12, whichis moved back and forth by the rods 13, connecting said frame with thecrank-wheels 3. During the back- The rollers of the two se-- and-forthmotion of the frame rotary move ment is imparted to the rollers by meansof a rack 14 on. the frame, with which pinions on theends of the rollersengage. The side rails of the frame at their upper sides are providedwith iron rails or tracks 15, upon which ball-bearingsldengage. Theseball-bearings are arranged in raceways in rails 17, attached to upwardextensions 18 of the frame.

At the front and rear portions of the frame 1 at the top are swingingholding-plates 19, designed to move downward upon the layers of cottonor other material as the first roller of a series approaches the same ona move ment of the frame 12. On the extended shafts of these plates 19are arms 20, and the opposite arms are connected by means of a spring21. Therefore as one plate 19 moves downward to engage with the bat theother plate willbe moved upward and between the inner rollers'fof theseries, as indicated in Fig. 2, permitting the layer to be extendedentirely across the press, and then upon the opposite movement of therollers said plate will be moved downward, while the other plate ismoved upward when the opening or space between the two inner rollersreaches the same.

Arranged in the upper portion of the framesections 18 are the batterandfeed rollers 22 23, the roller 23 being mounted in adjustablebearing-blocks which are moved by means of screws 24 to cause a more orless pressure of the materialbetweenthe rollers. Endless feeder apronsor bands 25 26, consisting of canvas or other suitable material, extendaround upper rollers 27 2S and also around rollers 29 30, supported inblocks 31, mounted to rock on hangers 32, extended downward from arms33, having swinging connection at their upper ends with theframe-sections 18, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. These hangers 32 projectdownward between the inner roll- ,ers 10 11, so that during theback-and-forth movements of the frame 12 the frame, comprising the arms33 and carrying the feedingaprons,will be moved back and forth while thecotton-bat is feeding. One of the upper rollers (here shown as theroller 27) is provided with a sprocket-wheel 34, from which a chain 35extends to a sprocket-wheel 36 on the driving-shaft 5. The roller 22 isdriven by anysuitable means. \Ve have here shown its shaft as providedwith fast and loose pulleys 37 38.

The sides and front of the frame at the point where the material iscompressed are provided with swinging doors 39, and these doors, asisalso the top of the presser-head 9, are provided with channels orgrooves to receive the binding cords or straps.

In using the machine the hydraulic press is first lowered to itslowermost point by permitting the water to escape from the cylinder.Vhile in this position the tie-bands 39 are placed on the head 9, withtheir buckles, provided they are supplied with buckles, extendingsomewhat beyond the edge of said head. Next the bagging etO is spreadover the ties, and the pump is now to be started, raising thepressing-block 9 up firmly against the packer-rollers 10 and 11, afterwhich the swinging doors 39 are to be closed and the machine started.The cotton or other material will be pressed into oats by means of therollers 22 and 23, and in this condition will pass down between theinner stretches of the aprons 25 and 2G, and thence to the press betweenthe inner or adjacent rollers 10 and 11, and this bat will obviously befolded back and forth as the said rollers carried by the frame 12 moveback and forth, and the head 9 as the press becomes filled will beforced downward. When the bale is complete, the ties 39 and the bagging40 are to be carried up between the adjacent rollers l0 and 11, asindicated in Fig. 4:. Then by a movement to the left the series ofrollers 10 will be moved over the bale and also over the ties andbagging, bringing the same into the position indicated in Fig. 5, afterwhich the ends of the ties are fastened together and the completed baleremoved.

It will be noted that flaps or brushes 41 are placed at intervals alongthe endless aprons, which operate to remove the cotton or material fromthe batter-rolls and also to cause the aprons to discharge the materialat the proper time and place.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A compress andpacker comprising a pressing-head, a reciprocating frame, two series ofpressing-rollers carried in said frame, two endless feeding-apronsmounted to swing back and forth, flexible flaps on the aprons, andbatter-rollers above said aprons, substantially as specified.

2. A compress and packer, comprising a frame, a hydraulic press arrangedin said frame, swinging holding-plates on said frame at the front andrear for engaging with a bat, spring connections between said plates, areciprocating frame, two series of rollers carried by said frame, theinner adjacent rollers of the two series being considerably spacedapart, bars mounted on the frame and having raceways, bearing-rollersengaging in said raceways and bearing in the upper side of thereciprocating frame, swinging arms extended down between saidin-nerrollers, and endless feeding-aprons carr' 'd b -Ithe arms, substantiallyas specified L 3. A cotton comp es' and packer, comprising a frame, ahydl c press arranged in said frame, a IGClPZljQQ ing frame, means forcausing the back-and-for'th movements of the reciprocating frame, twoseries of pressingrollers carried by said frame, the inner adjacentrollers of the two series being considerably spaced apart, swingingarms, hangers on said arms extended downward between the said inneradjacent rollers, blocks mounted to swing in the hangers, rollers havingbearings in said blocks, rollers in the upper portion of themachine-frame, endless aprons extending around the upper and lowerrollers,and batter-rollers arranged above the said aprons, substantiallyas specified.

4. A cotton compress and packer comprising a frame, a hydraulic pressarranged in the frame, a reciprocating frame, two series ofpressing-rollers mounted in said reciprocating frame, a fixed rack,gears on the rollers for engaging with said rack, holdingplates mountedto swing, a spring connection between the plates, the two inner rollersof the series being spaced apart to permit the plates to swing upwardbetween them, crankwheels, and connections between the wristpins of saidcrank-wheels and the reciprocating frame, substantially as specified.

5. A cotton compress and packer comprising a frame, batter and feedrollers at the upper portion of the frame, one of said rollers havingits hearings in adjustable boxes, rollers arranged in the frame belowthe firstnamed rollers, arms mounted to swing on the frame, blocksmounted to swing on the lower ends of said arms, rollers having bearingsin said blocks, endless aprons extended around the said rollers and therollers above them, a

reciprocating frame, two series of presserrollers arranged in saidreciprocating frame, a press arranged on the frame below thepressing-rollers, and means for causing the movements of thereciprocating frame, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN B. GRIFFIN. SAMUEL OORNELIOUS ANDERSON. lVitnesses:

E. K. RUDOLPH, S. F. HUNNIOUTT.

